6 years ago
Announcing our new Student Services Specialist Holly Shepherd!
Our new Student Services Specialist Holly Shepherd will be joining the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics on May 26, 2020.
Tag: Student News
6 years ago
UNC-Chapel Hill Launches Tar Heels Together Website
The University Development Office at UNC Chapel Hill created a Tar Heels Together website to connect community and share Carolina stories. The University Development Office created an innovative, dynamic way to connect people, share information, and build community during this time of isolation: The Tar Heels Together website, a “one stop shop” where friends and supporters of Carolina …
6 years ago
Graduate Student Courtney Vaughn receives her PhD!
Courtney Vaughn, under the direction of Aziz Sancar, M.D., Ph.D., successfully defended her dissertation on May 6, 2020 and received her PhD. The title of her dissertation is “Exploring the role of DNA damage, nucleotide excision repair, and circadian rhythm on cellular response to platinum-based drugs”
6 years ago
Claire Chang undergraduate researcher in Guochun Jiang lab receives SURF award
The UNC Office of Undergraduate Research announced SURF awardees. Claire's project title is "Targeting HIV Transcriptional Machinery as a Functional Cure for Latent HIV."
6 years ago
Graduate student Ben Roberts receives multiple awards
Graduate student Ben Roberts of Saskia Neher lab receives NRSA Fellowship (F31) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Ben Roberts was also recently Inducted into the Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Honor Society. In addition, Ben was on the research team that used cryoelectron microscopy (CryoEM) to solve the structure of …
6 years ago
Request or Offer Help through the UNC SOM Support Exchange Website
The website, launched by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, connects members of the SOM community with personal and professional services needed during the COVID-19 crisis and response. The resource is available to all members of the SOM community.
6 years ago
Ben Roberts Inducted into the Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Honor Society
The Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Student Honor Society (founded 1993) recognizes outstanding service provided to the University and community by graduate and professional students enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
6 years ago
7 Biochemistry and Biophysics Graduate Students receive Prestigious External Fellowships in 2019-2020
Congratulations to our excellent graduate students who received prestigious external fellowships in the 2019-2020 academic year.
6 years ago
Hanna Trzeciakiewicz earns TWO (not just one) internal UNC awards!
Hanna Trzeciakiewicz, PhD, our recent alumna and former Biochemistry graduate student, was awarded two, not just one, honorable and prestigious UNC awards. Hanna was selected to receive the 2020 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the area of Biological and Life Sciences. The faculty review committee and The Graduate School commended Hanna and her dissertation committee …
6 years ago
BCBP First Year Graduate Student gave Talks on April 28
8 of our incoming students gave talks on their research at our annual First Year Graduate Students Talks Event.
6 years ago
Neher lab publishes CryoEM structure in PNAS
Researchers in Saskia Neher's lab have used cryoelectron microscopy (CryoEM) to solve the structure of the protein lipoprotein lipase (LPL) forming a novel helical assembly.
6 years ago
Guskiewicz Announces UNC COVID-19 Research Accelerator Fund
Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz announced the establishment of the UNC COVID-19 Research Accelerator Fund on April 24. The fund will provide support to Carolina’s critical research teams focused on COVID-19 testing, treatment and prevention.